Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downslides
Noun
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Here’s Skyscanner’s list of best value cities, based on airfare decreases.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Between 2023 and 2024, no state had statistically significant increases or decreases in their obesity rates, after 18 states saw significant increases in the previous five years, the report found.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are slumps, patches of mediocre play, doldrums of various kinds.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Second-half slumps and injuries have undoubtedly taken a toll, but most of the talent is ready to roll in October.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Don’t give up on stocks While protecting your portfolio against volatility is important, so is maintaining exposure to stocks during downturns, said Failla.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Market fluctuations and downturns are inevitable.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Administration has also issued reductions in force at agencies such as the Treasury Department and Health and Human Services, firing more than four thousand workers—an unprecedented action during a shutdown.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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The job reductions are scattered throughout NBC News.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Pick up fresh pasta, sushi, juices, dips, and salads to take home, or order a pizza from the shop’s in-house restaurant Cooper’s Wood-Fired Kitchen.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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Consider using dips Maybe your child wants to try something new, but taking a whole bite of a new dish is super scary to them.—
Taylor Grothe,
Parents,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Seeing the awe-inspiring falls is the top priority for most travelers coming to Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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Bankruptcies, drunk driving charges, delinquent child support, foreclosures, nickel-and-dime car wrecks, suspicious slip-and-falls, dubious claims of disabilities — the stock-in- trade of a run-of-the-mill street lawyer whose law school dreams of riches had faded so dim they were almost gone.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Downslides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downslides. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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